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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-02-24

VI i ne OO"EA AANS'
All local advertisements will be pub
lished until ordered discontinued.
Oliver Chill Flows and repairs at e..
G. Seaver's.
Nc, G. Wagner has our thanks for
public documents.
Mr.. P. G. Range made business
trip to Jonesboro Monday.
Use the cross-cut brand Of tobacco
for cigarettes, found only at
McFarland's,
Our stock Of stoves is complete and
will sell them low for cash, Henderson
4 Pierce.
G. G. seaver will give low prices on
hardware.
Use DR.. Williams cough remedy a
medicine of genuine merit, sold by
Mcfarland.
DR.. S. H. Toy has moved his office
TO the Truslow block.
A fine line OF stationery at McFar-
lands Drug Store.
All sizes OF shells for breech-loading
guns at G. G. Seavers'
Smoke Little Beauty cigars, finest 2
for's in the world at McFarland's.
Go to Henderson & Pierce for cake
cutters, cake pans and everything
in the timers line. Come, we are on a
boom.
Try Williams cough medicine at
McFarland's Drug Store and be cured
OF your coughs and colds
Miss Mary G. Norris returned to hei
home at Mountain City last Friday.
Lorrilords climax, or red tin tag a
McFarland's.
Hoes in abundance at Seaver's.
Chew Thomas Jefferson, genuine
Henry Co. goods everybody praises it
at McFarland's.
John w. Hunter is able to be ou
again after a few days indisposition.
Smoke Pride OF Virginia, and Rec
Bird smoking tobacco, finest in towr
at McFarland's
G. G. Seaver is receiving his hard
ware for the spring trade that he vii
sell cheaper than the cheapest.
Henderson & Pierce haveju receiv
ed large stock Of granite iron ant
japanned ware. Go and see TO
yourself
Finest brands OF chewing, anC
smoking tobacco, ever kept in John
son City at McFarlands Drug Store.
Messrs Townly and Frank Barnes
OF Bristol, was in the city Monday.
Go to Mcfarland and get bottle o
Williams Cough Remedy. Splendi'
for coughs, colds and all lung troubles
Guaranteed to cure or no pay.
Farmers and builders supplies al
ways on hand at G. G. Seaver's.
The figure OF death no longer car
ries a scythe. He finds the red no
car stove more effective.
Best FIVE cent cigars in the countr,
at McFarland's Drug Store. Smok
the justly celebrated Loves Glory
Daniel Boone and Victor Hugo cigar
The "Sulky Plow" men left thi
week for Abingdon, Va, to work owe
new territory.
Try the Grand Republic and Orien
cigars, best nickle cigar made, clea
Havannah long filler and warrante
to give satisfaction at McFarland's.
Mr.. R. ]. Rankin, OF Knoxville, wa
mixing among his friends in the cit
the first of the week.
Our firm has been strengthened an
we are cow prepared to sell goods [
the trade cheaper than other cite
and invite merchants to call and priC
our goods before buying.
HENDERSON & PIERCE.
The recent rains have saved Il
real estate companies the trouble
watering their stock"
Miss Nelia Miller went over
Jonesboro last Saturday to enter Il
Jonesboro Graded school.
Harper's Weekly of the 2Srd ins
contains a supplement illustratir
Augusta, Ga. For sale by all new
dealers.
The ladies of the M. E. Church W
give supper next week at Jobe's HI
to raise funds to buy new organ I
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-02-24
Special Notice.

We do notfurnish advertisers a copy
of The COMET free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-02-24
THE COMET.
To Advertisers.

WE WILL ACCEPT NONE BUT METAL
BASE ELECTRoTYPEs IF THE ADvERTIs-
MENT IS TO RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE
INSERTION.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-02-24

=
OF any town along the line.
w. J. Thomas, the grocer, has rent
ed the building lately occupied by
W. A. Kite, and will use it for store
room for -four, grain and bailed hay.
He is doing large wholesale business
in this line and his present quarters
were not large enough to hold the
stock he is compelled to carry.
The election in Bristol last Friday
resulted in victory for the subscrip-
ton to the proposed railroad from
Bristol to Elizabethton. The
vote in Bristol was 237 for and
none against; in Goodson 2O2 for and
2 against. Bristol and Goodson mean
business and we hope they will sue,
coed.
The real estate market has been very
active the past week. The transfers
have amounted to between $4,000 anG
$4,000, Although there is a great
deal of excitement over the sales, lane
is selling comparatively low. TIL,
Watauga Land Company has beer
selling some lots in their new edition
but still has a number OF beautiful lot
that are selling below their par value
This company is doing all it can t,
build up the town and realizes tina
nothing Injuries town SO much as fcti
cicus values.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
A Fatal Social Failing.

Clara DeVere in Gazette:
OF all social failings a practical OBJ
server says that of discourtesy is the
greatest, the most fatal ard the most
common. Husbands speak roughly to
tn, ir wives, and wives nag their
husbands; brothers are rude; sisters
are t%yrannical; All oppose, contradict,
annoy one another, and no one thinks
it Incumbent upon him or on her to
keep that check on the temper and
that paddock on the lips which would
be "A matter Of obligation if IL stranger
was present. Though tn. re would be
infinite Understanding and Ia
mentation nnspeakable-should one OF
the cross-grained brood die. there is a
general atmosphere of storm, threat
ened or broken loose. which makes
living in such Il home damaging to the
character and distressing to the sensi-
bilities.
Young wives and husbands cannot
be too strongly reminded of the prob
able shipwreck they will make Of their
happiness if they yield to i%ll.tcmper
which expresses itself of discount, sy,
want of compliance, unnecessary oppo-
sition, and above all that most d,sas-
trouS amusement Of ''nagging' and
or, ating "A row. Hundreds of house
hollis have gone wrong for the mere
wan, OF checking in time the habit of
annoying as p relief to the montenta V
feeling of irritation or discomfort. The
wife who gets in { G habit of conlri-
dieting. of 'chccking' uer husband.
of Opposing hir IN small things and
standing ont IN large one the hus-
band who is sneering. e. ntcmptuous.
%tyrnnnicnl. fanlt : finding perhaps
nei her side knowing the whole extent
of its folly, but just giving way TO it
more easy than to fight and conquer il
these young people are doing their
best to dig the grave of their married
peace: and some day poor, pale. faint
ing lit le love will fall into it, stark
and punches, and will never rise To
lite again.
In the beginning these little tifs and
di,cnmfo,ts are general, made up with
a kiss from him and = few tears from
her TO add cement 10 the rccouciliat on.
By time the fs are more acrid and
the reconciliation less warm. BY still
further TINE this never comes At all.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
A REVERE,

Whatever the song, no matter how crude,
Etch word will touch some wounded heart,
Who ever the singer, no matter bow rude,
1t a fancied reese nblance some one will
start.
Whatever the coin, no matter how small,
1t will till one hungry mouth:
Whatever the word, though lightly - fall,
The beggar will feel IL as charity ruth.
Whatever the thought. II kindly and good,
If 1T a,ns 10 heii our brother men,
Whoever the thinker, though Cntaught and
rude,
God be thanked for all such men.
Who ever the woman, though weak at heart,
Who enters the gate OF a sin cad shrine
And shows that soul the better part,
Surely her love Is half divine.
Whatever the t%houghht, the deed, or the
word,
That we to the world bring forth,
1t will somewhere sprout, mid humanify's
horde,
And a blossom OF virtue or crime bring
forth.
Anna +. Murphy.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14

md things get into a chronic state
when there Is never an open breach
and never a formal healing, but an
overwhelming drift and a n~ever-ending
coidness. Then the two lives jar and
grind like rusty hinges-locks which
mi,iit the slots; wheels whcre the axle
is stif-or anything else which should
work together in harmony and smooth
ness. but which for want of care to
keep the adjustment exact (perhaps
for want Of oil to the joints) creak and
chafc and hang and do not tit, to the
annoyance, and, more, Of all the by
ISLANDERS.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
YOUNG LOVE is DEAD.
Young love ia dead;

Young love Is dead;
But when ne died we cannot tell.
There WAS no sound Of passing bell
When life had fed.
We did not know
A thing so fair could pass away,
That lips OF fire could turn one day
To lips Of snow.
In dumb despair 4
We gazed on him We had caressed;
His hands were folded on his breast
As IL In prayer.
Then In the grave
We laid our Love, so cold ard still;
We could not w,ep-we had no will
OF power to save.
The spring Is here,
With smiling face. but Love has fed
Where last years flowers are lying dead
Go seek his bier.
Lila VI. fainter.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
Accurate Miss Vassar j..

Puck: He Cat dinner)- May l as
sis, YOU TO the cheese, Miss V~assarp
Miss Vassar Gust gradua,ed)-
Thanks, no! ! am very comfortable
where | an! But YOU may assist the
cheese to nae. if YOU will!
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
After Eighty.

Detroit Free Press: Mrs. Margaret
Arnold, r. s county, Ono, has been
arrested for swearing she was ID
years of age when the real figures are
righty-txo. Haven't you often noticed
how reckl, - IA woman becomes after
she passes the age OF eightyp
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14

The valuation OF the property IT Hastings,
exclusive OF railroads, is 81, 27o,539 That Of
the entire county, Inc Il ling railroads, is g.
900 SCI 81. The r'i'r,ad Valuation In the
county IL oyer $i0O, COO.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
Philip Bourke Marston.

The May number of Scribner's Mag
azine contains the s%ubjoined poem
written by Philip Bourke Marston.
His recent death, writes Louise Chand-
Ter Moulton, adds Il touching interest
TO this, n of his latest poems. While
his high quality rs n poet has been
widely acknowledged, certain critics
and readers have complained of the
monotony of sadness in his work, but
it was more than matched by the deep
and hopeless sadness of his life, A
the age Of three is sight was SO i'm
paired by an accident while playing
with other children that henceforth he
saw only a flash of light, sometime
the waving of a tree bough in the wind
sometimes a glimpse OF the sunset
pageant in the western skies. Not
much of a vision this; and yet when
he lost ut twenty eve this sight
which he lived he felt himself
freshly bereaved. He lost, also, at
that epoch of young manhood, far
more than this last faint remnant OF
vision, for it was then that death began
TO lay waste his life. His mother was
taken from him first; then the girl to
whom he WAS betrothed; later on his
most cherished friend, Oliver MADDOX
Browne; and still later his two sisters
aud his poet brothor-in-law, O Shaugh-
messy. Il was as if fate strove to
reconcile kim 10 coming death by peo-
ping the word of shades. in advance,
with his best beloved ones; SO that
when ne himself uicd there was left of
hi, immediate l"mily only his father TO
mourn for him with a hopeless and in
consulabIc sorrow. Iii view Of such a
( life of darkness aud bereavement, is it
any wonder that bis poems should have
been sad? As he himself wrote:
"Still the old paths, and the old solitude,
And still the dark soul Iourneying Oh It's way,
A littie nearer 10 its goal each day"
He has found the goal now.
AT LAST
Rest here, at last,
The long way ovtrpast-
Rest here at home;
Thy race Il run,
Thy dreary journey done,
Tiny last peak clomb.
Twixt birth and death
What days Of hitter breath
Were thine, alas!
Thy soul had sight
TO see 10y day, 10y night,
Strange phantoms pass
Thy restless heart
In i" glad things had part,
But dwelt alone.
And night and day,
La the old weary way,
Made the old moan.
But here is rest,
For weary brain and breast,
Deep rest complete.
And ntvermcre,
Hrartwenry and foot-sore,
Shall stray Thy ic,t-
Thy feet that went
With su h long discomfort
Their wouttd beat
About thy room,
With its deep-seated gloom
On through the street.
Death gives them ease
Death gives thy spirit peace
Death lulls thee, quite
One thing alone
Death leaves thee OF thine own,
Thy starless night.
OOIIAIf> Z own re nEAn
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
A Better Remedy.

Boston Budget: A young lady went
into a store to purchase a diary. and
had about concluded to secure one
shown her, when she changed her mind
and said: Il guess III take a purse
for the diary" An old lady standing
near, and who only partially heard the
foregoing announcement, went over
and said in a loud whisper: Miss.
don't you do it; take blackberry cor
Il al
Col. Olcott, the the~osolhist, has become
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

DR.. Talmage breaches Upon the Literature
Of the Day.
The Printing Press a Great Engine for
Good or Evil.
Works of Fiction Of a Pure Character Have
an Ennobling IKAuencs.
Books and Pictures that Create Impure
Thoughts to be Stunned.
Some Wholesome Advice on These I'm
portant Questions.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
CURSED BE THE o

that try to make impuritt decent, and
crime attractive, and hypocrisy noble
Cursed be the books that swarm with
libertines and dosperadoes. who make
the brain of the young people whirl
with villainy! Ye authors who write
them, We publishers who print 'h"n,,
We booksellers who distribute i,,n.
shall be cut to pieces. if not " u
aroused community. then at Ia { 10y g
hail of Divine vengeance, which .LLI
sweep to the lowest pit OF perditiDn all
We murderers OF souls. | tell you,
though you may escape in this world,
you will be ground AT last upder the
hoof of eternal calamities, and YOU wall
be chained 10 the rock. and you will
have the v%ultures Of despair clawing
ut your soul. and those whom you have
destroyed will come around to tor
ment You, and to pour hotter Goals Of
fury upon your head. and rejoice eter-
nally in the cutlery of your pain and
the howl of your damnation. God
shall wound the hairy scalp of him
that gOeth on in his trespasses."
The clock strikes midnight. A fair
form bends over a romance. The eyes
flash fire. The breath is quick and ir-
regular. Occasionally the color dashes
to the cheek, and then dies out. The
hands tremble as though a guardian
spirit were trying to shake the
DEADL BOOK
out of the grasp. Hot tears fall. She
laughs with a shrill voice that drops
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14

ands. but this modern pest has already
shoveiicd its millions into the charnel-
house Of the
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14

of human life. Life is neither a TRACE
DIV nor "A farce. Men are not all either
knaves or heroes. Women are neither
angels or furies. And yet, if you de-
pended upon much of the literature of
the day, you would get the idea that
life. instead of being SOMETHING ear
nest. something practical, is a titful
and fantastic and e~Ntravagant thing.
How poorly prepared are that young
man and woman for the duties of TODAY
who spert last night wading through
brilliant passages descriptive OF mag
nificent knavery and wickedness! The
man will be looking all day long for
his heroine, in the tin shop, by the
forge, in the factory in the counting
room, and he will not find her, and he
will be dIssatisfi, d. A man who gives
himself up to the indiscriminate read
ing of novels will be nerveless, inane,
and a nuisance. He will be fit neither
for tie store, nor the shop, nor the
fled. A woman who gives herself up
To the indiscr.minate reading of novels
will be untitled for the duties of wife.
n other, sister, daughter. There she is,
hair dishevelled. ~countenance vacant,
cheeks pale, hands trembling, bursting
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-12-27
grzDs ilv's entA..
90 RB. 6 0. RAIlROI
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT Dec. 4. Ise
TIM MODEL FAST LINE EAST avn y.
DOUBLE TRACKl JANxKY COu,,n
Leave Camden static.

For ANNAPOLIS. TO. 600 A. NJ To-.
40 and ESQ p. Nj. On Sunday. eos
500 p. m. u
For Way Stations between Ral,,r,.
Washington. BIO. $50 and a.05 a. m, isIS
500 8 30 and 100 y. m. On SUNDAY - "a
eos q. M, l.a5, 500. 8 ~ and IL n m ''~
Trains leave Washington for Baltimo,.
ESQ., Ga, 100 40. $50 a. m II In > ~ - q
$50, 4.30. 40, A.I0. 55S. IS, T.S0, SSS. II ~
Sunday. $50 30 $50 95i a. m. 100 ssR
4.40 $50 SIS 6.45 8 IS ll,3O pm. -
From Annapolis, $40 s31 l2Os n. m a..
p. IN. Sunday. at $50 a. m. and 40 n m
Baggage called for and checked a.
and residences on orders left at Tteks, NC
N. w, or. calvert and Baltimore street. 'as
No go s. Broadway, new No l4Sa West ~ @
more Street and Camden Station. or
W. M CLEMENIs. c. X; LORD
manager. Gen, Pass A.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-12-27

Ladies Dress Goods from 8 to
25c. per yard.
Plain and .Drocade Velveteens
and Colored Laces for Dress
Trimmings, cheap.
Dress Ginghams, Calicoes, Cot
ton and Flannels at reduced,
prices.
Gents, Ladies and ChiIrens
Underwear, Hosiery, Silk and
Linen handkerchief, Linen Col
lars, Cuffs, Silk Ties, Scarfs and
Bows, at very low prices.
Black and colored Jerseys,
Jersey Capes, Genus and Boys
Knit Jackets and White Shirts
very cheap.
Calico shirts for S9c worth 75c.
Boys white shirts for Al cents
worth 6Oc.
Splendid line Of ladies Coats
and listers will be
CLOSED OUT AT COST.
All other goods in stock at
prices to suit The times.
]. FRANK KRAMER
nov4-tf Francis Street
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-12-27
Varieties

Put up at a hotel-The man
who is assigned a room in the
cnpolo.
An English writer says: 1.-The
girl Of America has to be sup
ported"
We are all fortune tellers.
That is we can tell a fortune
when we see it.
"rhis is a burning shame"
said the man who was smoking
a bad cigar.
Love may lauglrat Locksmiths
but it knows better than to fool
with the dog.
Women are the best detectors
Of counterfelts when the coun-
terfeits are not men.
The only man who seems to
thrive on representation is the
one that owes his tailor.
An advertisement reads:
wanted q nurse to mind chill
dren." 1t was probably inser-
ted by the children.
A law prohibiting the intern
perate boardingof wealth might
prevent money from becoming
tight.
First little girl-My father
is an editor; what does yours
dog Second little girl-what
ever ma tells him.
1t is no use for a piano to be
square or upright. Mr.. Tai
mage is authority for saying
that there will be none of them
in heaven.
"John.' said a wife of a Ken
lucky editor, "your patent
combination pocket knife is all
rustv-all but the corkscrew
part"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-12-27
BARGAINSl
BARGAINS SIT

The store No. SO Main street is now
open. Bargains at retail every day in
the week, and big bargains at auction
every aturday night from ITO 10 o'clock,
Come early and get in before the sale
commences or you will be left.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-10-08
THE MARYLAND BOLT.

The most extraordinary independent
movement in politics this year is the
revolt of the better class of Democrats
in Maryland against the State and local
tickets Of their party. The reasons for
this action are set forth with great clear
ness and force in the address of the
boilers, published in to-day's World.
This vigorous address was adopted
at a mass meeting in Baltimore on
Friday night, the most notable political
assemblage, it is said, in point Of char
acter and earnestness that has been
held in that city in many years. Gen.
Stev ar. Brown, the commander of the
State troops, was President, and among
the principal speakers were Col. Chas.
Marshall, a nephew of the great Chief
Justice and Gen. Lees Chief of Staff at
the end of the war, and T. p. Wallis,
the leader of the Baltimore Bar and a
most accomplished orator. Scores CT
prominent Democrats, many of them Of
the best families and prominent in the
Confederate army, were on the platform
and joined in the declaration of a pur-
pose to vote the Republican ticket at
the approaching election.
The revolt is occasioned by the as
cendancy Of Gormanism and H:gginism
in Federal affairs, and by the rings,
ruffanism and rascality of the local
Government of Baltimore. The Fed
eral offices, according to the address,
are given over to spoilsmen. and the
State and city offices to ballot-box
suffers, thugs and murderers. That
there should be refusal on the part OF
honest Democrats to sustain such a
combination is not remarkable ; but is
1t not extraordinary that in the only
State where this issue is sharply drawn
in the elections of the present year-a
State, too, that is almost within sight
of the White House-a President who
was elected as a reformer, and who
still talks reform, should be on the side
of the rings, the thieves and the crimi
nails? This "entangling alliance" is
causing a great deal of uneasinesS, not
to say stronger feeling, among the
reformers in other States than Mary
land. 1t cannot be broken too soon
for the Presidents good.
The above editorial taken from the
New York U0yld is significant. Ii
shows that the attitude taken by the
Independent Democrats of Mary land
is sustained by the best sentiment OF
their party in other states. 1t is but
natural that their courageous effort to
redeem Maryland from tie rule Of
spoilsmen, should find sympathy and
support everywhere.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-10-08

We only have space this week to
congratulate the managers of the Cecil
County Agricultural Society upon the
great success of the annual exhibition
Just closed. In character and number
of exhibits, in perfect arrangement Of
them, in attendance, and in all the fea,
lures that make up grand county
exposition Of agricultural, industrial
and domestic products, it certainly wa:
the finest ever held in Maryland
under merely courtY auspices.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-10-08

Fall andWint Dress Goods
rolling in. Tumbling over
each other. From beyond the
sea; from this side the sea; from
wherever the best stufs are
made. The bright, light, airy
Summer things have been
pushedout of sight by this wave
of wool in a thousand weaves
and colors.
The variety Of IS to $I.o5
Dress Goods is bewildering.
Diasonals, Serges, Foules,
Cords, zig-zag stripes on diago-
nal ground, cords or stripes on
an armure surface, and what
not piled and pyramided till
you wonder where the next lot
will be put. But those piles
and pyramids don't last long.
Every day there is much ado
to build them up.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-10-08
THE CECIL WHG, E1KT0N SATURDAY. OCTOBER 8 1884,

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Not one in a thousand can
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That is what Book News will
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Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets,
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